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Premium Member Comment by PC on June 7, 2011 at 0:49

OK kids it's on for ol'Lizzies birthday holiday on monday, 13th June, 10am -3pm.
A day of short course skateboard racing at Wadalba sports field carpark.
Me & my girls are rounding up a crew of friends to come & do
a diverse series of skateboard racing disiplines.
Everyone welcome.
I'm looking at setting up 3 to 4 different race formats on the day.

1. Dual lane cruiser class slalom. 15-20 cones max.
No cone penalties, only DQs. Not timed
Z-Flex,Penny, Globe, Sector 9, OZI, etc. No size restrictions.
We'll run a little double elimination round for this I hope,
Aimed at newcomers & ol'farts on retro setups from under the house.

2. Single lane hybrid slalom. 30-35 cones.
For experienced riders & gnarly newcomers. Timed.

3. Timed laps of the oval. approx 350 metres.
Push, pump,bomb,push,push pump. A bit of down, up, down.

4. Mini mellow downhill races.
If time permits.

Let me know if you need detailed directions if your coming.
Anyone keen to help out with set up & timing let me know.

ASRA Admin Comment by bernie on May 21, 2011 at 21:45

Robbo, like I mentioned its not me, and I am not pissed at you, so you don't need to apologise to me.

Your busy, so Pm a good time to have a phone call.

 

 

Comment by Robbo on May 21, 2011 at 19:26

Why the big cry Bernie? Have I slighted you in some way mate. Not sure when that might have happened but I apologise unreservedly for whatever it is your pissed about. I don't recall having a missed call or an email from anybody nor do I think I have missed any of the 15 odd PM's I get a day on ASRA. All of my contact details are on the Contact ASRA page on this website and are freely available to everybody. Feel free to hit me up mate, just like I have done for the last 5 years, I'm happy to help anybody with anything anytime

ASRA Admin Comment by bernie on May 21, 2011 at 15:45

Forgot to mention a pretty important sponsor of SpringyDitch.

Braden Schlager and his site was how we got inspired and how we got organised to pour the concrete roll-in to the ditch.

And for many of us, Charliedontskate is where all this started!

ASRA Admin Comment by bernie on May 21, 2011 at 9:42

Robbo, does that all mean that you will now attempt to improve your response times to pm's and return phone calls so that we slalom racers can actually "hit up ASRA". I know of another race organizer who has almost given up on ASRA. Feel free to moderate this comment and pick up the phone. Hop has my number.

Premium Member Comment by DA BEAR on May 21, 2011 at 8:41

Agree with you Robbo, i was all warm and fuzzy last night, 17degs, bueatiful,

last week minus 17.

We've had 2 good nights, last week bout 30 riding, last night bout 40.

Sponsers have been great, tape switch timer units have been working well.

I'm about to order some back up units once Aarran (Scuppers)

 checks out whats now available from the same suppliier.

Comment by Robbo on May 21, 2011 at 8:27

a general comment on racing, rankings and races. Slalom needs to operate more like the downhill. No need for a series just bang down the races tie it together with perpetual rankings meaning people don't always have to travel all over the country to get a race and a ranking. Local jams get proper recognition, people put on more local races to get points and generally have fun. If people need insurance, infrastructure, automated formats, rego systems or some general admin stuff, they hit up ASRA the same way the downhill kids do whom seem to be able to put on a race every other weekend.

As far as ranking points go if you put the extra effort and get down a legit race than the ranking points available to that race are higher. You also get more points if you get more people to your race no matter what the level

Comment by Robbo on May 21, 2011 at 8:14

Welcome to my world Bear, I've been losing points for 5 years now. Instead of points you just get that warm fuzzy feeling that people don't fully understand unless you have not raced for the purpose of running an event

 

Nice turnout Bernie, jeez we need more ditch races. Bugs is gonna need some full names rather than nicknames if possible in order to put them in the rankings

Premium Member Comment by DA BEAR on May 21, 2011 at 8:00

Also timing crews who do the hard yards and dont ride,

should get a default placing of 5 1/2.



read btwn the lines,
Bernie and i didnt ride for a time last night, valuable points lost!

ASRA Admin Comment by bernie on May 21, 2011 at 2:02

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